ASSOCIATION Blackball and Taylorville Draw

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 June 1946, Page 8

ASSOCIATION Blackball and Taylorville Draw

The newly re-formed Blackball Association Football Club had its first outing on Saturday when a match with Taylorville was played at the Blackball Domain. After being down by one goal shortly before time, Blackball scored, and the final score was a draw, one all. R. Lee and J. Malone played well in the Taylorville backs with H. Reid and D. Dixon showing up in the forwards. C. Bailey, S. Clarke and Bowden went well in the Blackball backs and A. Clarke and O’Donnell played' good forward games. There was no score a half-time, and Hoggarth scored first for Taylorville. Bateman obtained Blackball’s goal.

English Trophy Matches at Auckland (P.A.). AUCKLAND, June 2. The first matches for the English Trophy were played at Blandford Park on Saturday. Otago did not enter a team and Canterbury, the holders of the trophy, thus had a bye. Auckland defeated Wellington by three goals to 1, and will play in the final against Canterbury to-morrow. The form and general combination of Canterbury make the team a formidable opponent for Auckland.

A world record of 46.2 seconds for 440 yards was established by a Jamaica-born negro, Herb McKenley, who ran for Illinois University at the Midwestern Universities’, athletic championships.—New York, June 1.